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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Mar 9, 2009, 2:17 PM AKDT. It took effect at Mar 9, 2009, 6:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2009, 2:17 PM AKDT (22:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2009, 6:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2009, 9:41 AM AKDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWAK73 PAFG 092217 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 217 PM AKDT MON MAR 9 2009 AKZ225-100630- /X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.090310T0200Z-090311T0200Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 217 PM AKDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKDT TUESDAY IN PASSES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM AKDT TUESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH IN PASSES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH TO 59 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWAK73 PAFG 100357 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 757 PM AKDT MON MAR 9 2009 AKZ225-101500- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090311T0200Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 757 PM AKDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT TUESDAY IN PASSES... SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH IN PASSES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH TO 59 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 101230 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 430 AM AKDT TUE MAR 10 2009 AKZ225-101800- /X.CON.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090311T0200Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 430 AM AKDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON IN PASSES... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING AND WILL GUST TO 55 MPH THROUGH PASSES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS REGION MEANS THAT WINDS OF 50 MPH TO 59 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. $$
000 WWAK73 PAFG 101741 NPWAFG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 941 AM AKDT TUE MAR 10 2009 AKZ225-101845- /X.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090311T0200Z/ DENALI- INCLUDING...HEALY...DENALI NATIONAL PARK...CARLO CREEK... KANTISHNA 941 AM AKDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Mar 9, 2:00 PM AKDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 2:00 PM AKDT, 17 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 200 PM AKDT MON MAR 9 2009 .DISCUSSION...MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH SHORT TERM... THEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NAM AND GFS/ECMWF CONCERNING LOW MOVING N IN GULF AK THU. LAST IN SERIES OF LOWS MOVING INTO BERING SEA IS 984 CENTER NEAR PASN 18Z. MODELS ALL ROTATE IT NORTH...JUST LIKE LAST ONE...ENDING N OF PAGM 18Z TUE...AND FILLING THERE. PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN STRONG HIGH OVER NWRN CANADA AND THESE LOWS IS SLOWLY EASING...SO WITH PRECIP. FROM LAST LOW ENDING... MOST W COAST WARNINGS NOW ENDED. EXCEPTION IS ZONES 208/209 WHERE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITIES HANGING ON...BUT SHOULD SEE IMPROVEMENT BY 06Z THERE. BLIZ WARNING ZONE 201 STILL GOOD THROUGH 06Z...BUT SHOULD SEE IMPROVING CONDITIONS THERE BY THAT TIME. WAS ABLE TO END WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REST OF N SLOPE AS VISIBILITIES ALL OVER 1/2 MILE...AND IMPROVING SLOWLY. NEXT LOW MOVING N TONIGHT/TUE WILL HAVE WEAKER SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WITH IT...SO ONLY ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS/VISIBILITIES...IF THAT...FROM IT ZONES 211/212/213/214. REMNANTS OF YESTERDAYS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING MOST OF INTERIOR 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW THIS EVENING...BUT INCREASING SRLY FLOW AHEAD OF NEXT LOW WILL SHUT OFF SNOW LATER TONIGHT. BY LATE WED/THU...UPPER TROUGH/SURFACE LOW MOVES N INTO GULF AK AND UPPER TROUGH OVER NRN BERING SHIFTS E. HEIGHT FIELD COLLAPSES OVER INTERIOR AND N SLOPE INTO LOW-FLOW LARGE TROUGH. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW MOVING N FROM ERN GULF AK INTO ALCAN AREA...WILL ALLOW COLDER AIR TO FILTER OVER INTERIOR BY THEN. OVER-RUNNING SNOW LIKELY WITH THIS SCENARIO AS WELL ERN INTERIOR. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ225. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ208-AKZ209. BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AKZ201. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225- PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && MARMAR 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:36 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Mar 9, 1:20 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 25 hr | |
| Mar 9, 1:51 PM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFG | 4 days |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.